GTA V listed at UK retailer, pre-order logged, release imminent?

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When Grand Theft Auto IV was released back in April 2008 it garnered a lot of attention. This was the first time GTA had appeared on a next-gen console and Rockstar certainly delivered in terms of the engine update and overall scope of the game.

That was 3 years ago, and GTA fans are surely getting itchy trigger fingers waiting for the next game in the series to arrive. But that wait may be almost over as the first signs of GTA V heading to stores have appeared via UK game retailer Gamestation.

The evidence that the game exists and is nearing release comes in the form of a listing on a release schedule at the retailer. Unfortunately no date is visible in the captured image, but it clearly shows the game along with its reference number. The game also appeared briefly on Gamestattion’s website, but was quickly taken down.

NeoGAF noticed a few weeks ago that the Official Xbox Magazine had GTA V rumored as a summer release. That combined with this listing and website mistake suggests a launch is imminent and could happen within a couple of months. Need more proof? How abaout a pre-order receipt for the game on Xbox 360 carrying the same reference number:

The only query I have is, if the game is launching so soon why hasn’t the marketing and promotion started? Rockstar is sure to have a big budget with which to market this game, and it wouldn’t wait until the last minute to do so. That suggests to me a launch isn’t going to happen until nearer the end of the year and this is just a retailer preparing early for what is going to be one of the biggest game launches of 2011.